Community Involvement

Community Involvement

Event
10/18/22

Thanksgiving Box Project 2022

Start Time: Sun 23, Oct. 2022, 8 a.m.
End Time: Sat 19, Nov. 2022, noon

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Every fall for the past 36 years, Parkside Church has helped provide complete Thanksgiving dinners to families in the Cleveland area. Boxes filled with non-perishable food and a whole roasting turkey are hand-delivered to those who might otherwise be unable to enjoy the holiday with a traditional meal.

We invite you and your family to join us as we partner with Scranton Road Bible Church to make this Thanksgiving Day brighter for more than 200 families.

4 Ways to Help

1. Prepare a Dinner Box by Nov. 17 

Pick up a box from the storage room across from the bookstore/café beginning Sunday, Oct. 23, fill it with the food listed below, and return it to the same storage room by Thursday, Nov. 17. Please use church-provided boxes. They are limited and are available first come, first serve, so take a box only if you plan to return it. UPDATE: All boxes have been taken. If you did not receive a box, please consider participating by donating money for turkeys or delivering boxes on November 19. Thank you for your generosity!

2. Donate Money for a Turkey

Help cover the cost of the turkey given to each family with their dinner box. Make your check payable to Parkside Church, with “Box Project” on the memo line, or give online and designate “Thanksgiving/Christmas Benevolence."

3. Load the Truck on Saturday, Nov. 19, 8AM

10-12 people with strong backs are needed at Parkside Church on Nov. 19 for less than an hour to load the boxes into trucks for transfer to SRBC. Sign up on the sheets outside the box collection room to volunteer.

4. Help Distribute the Boxes on Saturday, Nov. 19, 10am-Noon, ALL AGES ARE WELCOME! 

Join us November 19 at Scranton Road Bible Church (3095 Scranton Rd. Cleveland, 44143) to help with box & turkey distribution. No need to call, just meet inside the church at 10:00 am for instructions. Afterward, you will be given 2-3 boxes and go with a small group of others to deliver them to homes near the church. We will not enter homes when delivering boxes.

Directions to Scranton Road Bible Church

Take 480 (east or west) to 176 North. Travel on 176 North approximately 2.25 miles to the West 14th Street exit and go north. When you get to Clark Avenue (about .4 mile), turn left. In about .5 mile you will arrive at Scranton Road. Scranton Road Bible Church will be on the corner.

Dinner Box List

Download a mobile-friendly shopping list

1 muffin mix

1 roll mix

2 cans of vegetables

2 cans of fruit

1 large box of instant potatoes

1 large can of yams

1 large box of stuffing mix

1 dessert mix (cake, frosting, cookies, pies, etc.)

1 package of pudding mix

1 jar of pickles

1 jar/can of olives

1 can cranberry sauce

1 small box of rice

1 can of black beans

1 jar/can of turkey gravy

1 turkey roasting bag

1 disposable turkey roasting pan

Please keep the roasting pan outside your box. We will stack them all together.

Optional Extra Items

Coffee, tea, candies, soup, jellies, nuts, peanut butter, macaroni & cheese, etc. Please only non-perishable food items—no paper products or toiletries. Sorry, no homemade products.

For more information, contact Tracy.